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A montage of some of the Chesapeake Bay Heroes that appeared at Horn Point Laboratory's 2017 Open House.
The Chesapeake Bay Heroes
Laboratory setup for HPL open house in Cambridge, MD
HPL laboratory setup
Open house event at HPL in Cambridge, MD with touch tank
HPL open house with touch tank
First annual release of the Maryland's Coastal Bays Report Card. These sensitive coastal lagoons received an overall grade of C+ for 2008. Scientists, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, National Parks Service, state and local politicians, other dignitaries, and the general public gathered to hear the assessment which was based on water quality and other monitoring data and disseminated widely through various media. The Report Card was a collaboration between several entities, including the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, IAN, EcoCheck, and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.
Bill gets interviewed
Laboratory drying oven. Oyster tissue samples are on the bottom shelf and dried at 60 degrees Celcius overnight or until thoroughly dry. Dessicant is on the middle shelf to remove any moisture.
Drying oven
Samples are ground with mortar and pestle
Grinding with mortar and pestle
Oyster shells are cleaned and dried in preparation for larval settling as part of the Oyster Restoration Project and the Horn Point Laboratory oyster hatchery.
Oyster shells for restoration
Oyster shells are cleaned and dried in preparation for setting oyster larvae for restoration, as part of the Oyster Restoration Project in conjunction with the Horn Point Laboratory oyster hatchery.
Oyster shells for restoration
Snow and ice on the rocks by the beach at Horn Point Laboratory
Snow on the rocks
The R/V Aquarius: built 1964, length: 64', beam: 16', height: 28', draft: 5'6
R/V Aquarius
Gas chromatograph with electron capture detector
Gas chromatograph with electron capture detector
Oysters in bags hang off the side of the Horn Point Laboratory dock on the Choptank River on the Chesapeake Bay
Sitting off the dock on the Bay
Measuring Secchi depth in frozen water presents a challenge.
Secchi disc on ice
A view of a frozen Choptank River from the dock at Horn Point Laboratory, in Cambridge, Maryland.
Frozen Choptank River
A jetty at Horn Point Laboratory juts into the frozen Choptank River.
Jetty in the frozen Choptank River
The Horn Point Laboratory dock, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, juts out into a frozen Choptank River.
Winter at the Horn Point dock
The Robert Lee is docked at the Horn Point Laboratory
Rober Lee docks at Horn Point Lab
Measuring Secchi depth in winter presents a challenge.
Winter Secchi depth = 0
Measuring Secchi depth in frozen water presents a challenge.
Winter Secchi depth
Bags holding oysters hang off the Horn Point Laboratory dock under a layer of ice in the Choptank River
Oyster bags under a frozen river
Sediment slurries in triplicate were mixed and flasks were capped to trap gases released during denitrification
Sediment slurries
First annual release of the Maryland's Coastal Bays Report Card. These sensitive coastal lagoons received an overall grade of C+ for 2008. Scientists, the Maryland Coastal Bays Program, National Parks Service, state and local politicians, other dignitaries, and the general public gathered to hear the assessment which was based on water quality and other monitoring data and disseminated widely through various media. The Report Card was a collaboration between several entities, including the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science, IAN, EcoCheck, and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program.
2008 Maryland Coastal Bays Report Card
Centrifuge tubes and rigid protective gloves are dyring after use in the laboratory.
Drying rack
Fall colors in full bloom at University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
Fall
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